Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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More Bette Midler Quotes
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It’s important that you all agree on what the parameters are and what you can accomplish – and not get pissed off or beat yourself up for what you can’t accomplish.
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When I read that, I burst into tears. It was so generous and so basic. Not fluffy. I can’t understand why we scrimp on education and shortchange our kids. Why would the citizenry do that to the people who are going to inherit its republic?
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Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week.
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I’m the last of the truly tacky women. I do trash with flash and sleaze with ease.
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My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.
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[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.
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A lot of people have no access to beauty. When I was growing up, my mother had only a few pretty things to look at.
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hen you’re in your third adulthood, the one that leads to the grave, and you ask yourself, “What will I do between now and then?” Instead of thinking in terms of glamour, you start thinking in terms of reform – your contribution to the world.
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You have to think you’re the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you’re not.
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If you pick up a ukulele, it will make you unbelievably happy.
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The outside world doesn’t have a lot to offer. You have to make your own heaven in your own home.
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I’m not interested in perfection. The universe is perfect, and there are some works of art that we see as perfect, but human beings aren’t perfect.
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If you’re passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it.
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Find your Light; They can’t love you if they can’t see you
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Life is like cooking your masterpiece recipe. You have to get the right ingredients,have the right mixture and the right cooking time to reveal the PERFECT and DELICIOUS TASTE of your craft.
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